Events
November 1, 2011
4:00pm to 6:00pm
UCLA faculty and staff are organizing a fundraiser for scholarships for UCLA’s undocumented immigrant students on Tuesday, November 1, 4:00–6:00 p.m., at the CSRC (193 Haines Hall). Chon A. Noriega, CSRC director, is serving as a member of the host committee. Although the California Dream Act has been signed into law, it does not take effect until January 2013.
November 2, 2011
5:00pm to 7:00pm
As part of a speaker series to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Academic Advancement Program at UCLA, the CSRC and the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o Studies are co-sponsoring a presentation by David Hayes-Bautista. The event will be held on Wednesday, November 2, 5:00–7:00 p.m., on the Bunche Patio.
November 3, 2011
4:00pm to 6:00pm
The CSRC Library will feature Lalo Guerrero: The Original Chicano, a film produced by CSRC benefactor Dan Guerrero, on Thursday, November 3, 4:00–6:00 p.m. The film documents the life and career of Lalo Guerrero, Dan’s father, who was known as the Father of Chicano Music.
November 6, 2011
12:00pm to 5:00pm
Los Angeles is often called the City of Dreams, yet those dreams often point away from the Mexican-descent population at its core and toward a dream factory (Hollywood), consumer mecca (Rodeo Drive), or make-believe world (Disneyland).
November 9, 2011
David Botello, co-founder of the art collective Los Dos Streetscapers, will discuss the forgotten artists of the Chicano Art Movement, including Robert Arenivar, Charles “Cat” Felix, and Carlos Almaraz on Wednesday, November 9 at noon at the Fowler Museum at UCLA.
November 13, 2011
Artists Sandra de la Loza (Pocho Research Society), Louie Perez (Los Lobos), and Thomas Carrasco (Chicano Secret Service) will discuss Chicano art and countercultural production since the 1960s. The event will be held on Sunday, November 13 at 1:00 p.m. at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Bing Auditorium.
November 13, 2011
This three-part series explores the emerging musical identity of the Los Angeles community from 1945 to 1965, including its strong ties to Mexican American and Chicano culture. Each program features local musicians and dancers.
November 13, 2011
Chon A. Noriega, co-curator of Mapping Another L.A.: The Chicano Art Movement will lead a conversation with Richard Duardo, master printer; Evonne Gallardo, director of Self Help Graphics & Art; and other artists about the use of printmaking as a force in the struggle for social justice.
November 17, 2011
4:00pm to 6:00pm
Join us as we celebrate the publication of Maylei Blackwell’s book, ¡Chicana Power! Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement on Thursday, November 17, 4:00–6:00 p.m., in the CSRC Library. Blackwell is an assistant professor of Chicana/o studies and women’s studies at UCLA.
November 19, 2011
10:00am to 5:00pm
On Saturday, November 19, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. starting at the Fowler Museum at UCLA cruise through history and journey through East Los Angeles during this event that highlights the influential Chicano art collective Asco. The day starts with a tour of Mapping Another L.A.: The Chicano Art Movement by co-curator Pilar Tompkins Rivas.
November 19, 2011
On Saturday, November 19 at 2:00 p.m. the Autry National Center will screenThe Exiles which chronicles one night in the lives of a group of twenty-something Native Americans living in the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles in the 1950s.
November 21, 2011
10:00am to 1:00pm
A symposium titled “Doss v. Bernal: Mexican Apartheid in Orange County, 1900–1943” will be held Monday, November 21, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., in the California Room at the UCLA Faculty Center. The purpose of this symposium is to draw public attention to the important but little known desegregation case Doss v. Bernal (1943).